found: Iran who's who, 1976:p. 39 (Alavi,Bozorg; b. 1905 in Tehran; novelist and linguist; German lang. prof.; served in prison for membership in the Commmunist Party; left Iran and resided in East Berlin)

found: Wikipedia, 23 Oct 2008:(Bozorg Alavi (born Seyyed Mojtaba Alavi); b. in Tehran, Iran; February 2, 1904-February 18, 1997; influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual; founding member of the communist Tudeh Party of Iran in the 1940s; spent the rest of his life in exile in Germany)